LIVING AND SHARING THE GOSPEL
WELCOME OPENING PRAYER The theme for this week is the revolutionary responsibilities of discipleship, and it’s our opportunity to consider that real discipleship requires us to let go of closely held opinions and worldviews to love and advocate for others the way Jesus did, trusting that God will be with us. SPEAKING OF LIFE […]
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CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING PRAYER WELCOME and THANKS for joining us. INTRODUCTION The theme for this week is the revolutionary responsibilities of discipleship. What might some of those responsibilities be? As I was considering what the responsibilities of a disciple might include, it seemed to me that following Christ — if we are to think
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From our previous study … There is only one God. God is one Being. God is one Being in three Persons. The three Persons in the Godhead are distinct, but not separate. When used as adjectives, distinct means capable of being perceived very clearly, whereas separate means apart from (the rest)1. Distinct is used when you want to say
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WELCOME . . . and THANKS for joining OPENING SONG OPENING PRAYER OPENING COMMENTS mutual respect … each of us is on a journey … at different stages flexi-time … We’re here for a Bible study, not a Bible reading … so it’s not always easy to end after 90 minutes Help us minimize distractions
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CALL TO WORSHIP WELCOME and THANKS The theme this week is God’s response to human need. Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8 The Old Testament reading from Genesis recounts Abraham’s and Sarah’s responses to God fulfilling his promise of a son. The call to worship Psalm is a prayer of thanksgiving
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WELCOME and THANKS INTRODUCTION A. Tonight’s Bible study is a special one … a follow-up to our study last Monday night. B. Our keynote passages … Matthew 9:9-13 and Matthew 9:18-26. C. Before we go there … let’s look at a few other passages … James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another,
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We are in the early weeks of Ordinary Time, where our focus is on our being, behavior, and actions as disciples of Jesus Christ. As followers of Jesus, we live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord, so it is important that we trust what God says. The theme for
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CALL TO WORSHIP CHORUSES: We Have Come Into His House … He is here … Reach Out and Touch WELCOME and THANKS OPENING PRAYER INTRODUCTION We are in the early weeks of Ordinary Time, where our focus is on our being, behavior, and actions as disciples of Jesus Christ. As followers of Jesus, we
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Welcome and thanks. Tonight, in our Thursday DIVE, as we seek to go deeper … we’ll be looking at God The Son, the third Person in the Triune God (The Trinity). By way of reminder … we recall four conclusions we arrived at about God… 1. There is only one God. 2. God is one
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WELCOME and THANKS INTRODUCTION Yesterday was Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost … the first Sunday of “Ordinary Time”. The theme for this week is beginning and ending with the Trinity. The related passages are Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8:1-9; Matthew 28:16-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 . More about those later …. Tonight’s study is in two
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